diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix
index cace828685a..8a09d7fea09 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kmod/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig libxslt ];
-  buildInputs = [ xz elf-header ];
+  buildInputs = [ xz ] ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin elf-header;
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--sysconfdir=/etc"